Lunenburg
Watercolour
and marker
©2017 Charlene Brown
I painted
this mainly to round out the collection of paintings of all parts of Canada for my Haiku
project – which was definitely short of locations in the
Maritime Provinces. I selected Lunenburg because it was so peaceful and seemed to be about
the prettiest place in Nova Scotia. And I was a little surprised when research revealed that is has a
long (for Canada) and often-violent history.
Lunenburg was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995, to protect its
‘unique architecture and civic design’ and because it was considered to be the
best example of planned British colonial settlement in Canada. The aim of this British
colonial settlement was to drive out the Mi’kmac and Acadian Catholics, which
they apparently did very well.
